Toxic family can be the hardest to set boundaries and deal with over Christmas. For some they don’t realize how hard their negativity is to be around. But others are even more toxic and have little regard for others. Here are two tips to help you deal with them? 1 Have Your Deflections Ready. Once you know… Read More 2 Tips To Help Deal With Negative Family At Christmas.
All relationships have their ups and downs. We may not have learnt how to communicate in a healthy manner as children or deal with conflict appropriately. We may have learnt to stay quiet for the sake of peace or that our opinions, feelings, needs, etc., were not as valid as other’s opinions, etc. But we can learn good… Read More Steps To Healthy Conflict Resolution.
Why Do We Enable Others? Do you ever find yourself doing the same thing you swore you wouldn’t do for someone? Saying yes when you meant no? Then feeling really annoyed at yourself and the other person, only to then feel guilty for feeling annoyed? You’re not alone, we can all get stuck enabling someone… Read More 1 Key Element That Can Keep Us Stuck Enabling Others.
We all need to have healthy boundaries in place. These 5 are some of the common types we need. Read through the common boundary types and ask yourself: Which of these are you better at putting place? Are you better at putting place boundaries at work or at home? Are there specific people, events or… Read More Common Boundary Types We Need.
Date night doesn’t have to incorporate activities, grand gestures and expensive night outs. Sometimes keeping it simple can be better. They are also great opportunities to step outside the norm of daily life and reduce the stress you feel as a couple. They are also vital to maintaining your relationship because after the kids leave… Read More Why Date Nights Are Critical To Your Relationship?
Those of us who have become obsessed with trying to control everything around us may not realize we are doing it. So our first step as always is to recognise we are doing using this type of behaviour. We can liken this type of behaviour as trying to use our body to hold back floodwaters.… Read More 4 Key Tips To Letting Go Of Controlling Behaviour.
Each relationship looks entirely different and each relationship has its own strengths and weaknesses. Both parties should feel confident, positive, loved, wanted and useful. Plus have their opinions valued and respected even if you disagree with one another. A healthy relationship is one based on both people having healthy boundaries and being able to maintain them in… Read More 1 Key Element Of A Healthy Relationship
A healthy relationship requires a number of things to happen in order for it to remain healthy. Both partners are required to: respect and trust each other, be honest with themselves and the other partner, and be supportive towards each other. Another vital ingredient of healthy relationships is the ability to communicate in a healthy… Read More 1 Key Negative Behaviour That Impacts Our Relationship.
A healthy relationship with someone else is something that we may want. But a healthy relationship is one based on both people having healthy boundaries. It also requires effort by both parties to maintain the health of their relationship. Each relationship will look different as the two people involved bring their own strengths and weaknesses to… Read More 1 Key Early Warning Sign You Should Not Ignore In A Relationship.
Honesty in a relationship is a vital component. Good communications skills help us to be honest and improve our relationship. We all want what is best for our relationships no matter but there are times when all couples have rows. Someone gets angry and words are said that cannot be taken back. It may seem… Read More Communicating While Angry In A Relationship.
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